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EIGHTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME MARK 10:28-31 Friends, today’s Gospel exhorts us to see the radicality and rewards of Jesus’ call to discipleship, which cuts through so many of the social conventions of his time and ours. He urges us to see that everyone—rich and poor, men and women, those on the inside and those on the outs—is summoned to discipleship, and that this summons is the most important consideration of all. It is the better part, to use Jesus’ words; it is the one thing necessary. St. Augustine was right: “Lord, you have made us for yourself, and our...

Even as Moscow invades Ukraine, the Biden administration is relying on Russia to solidify a revamped nuclear agreement with Iran, a deal that senior Republican foreign policy leaders say will be approved in the coming days without any input from Congress. As Russian forces press further into Ukraine, threatening to spark a world war, the Biden administration is rushing to finalize a Russia-brokered nuclear deal with Iran, Rep. Michael McCaul (R., Texas), the lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told the Washington Free Beacon. "Russia's further invasion of Ukraine is reprehensible, but we can't lose sight of the...

The dog that spurred the State of North Carolina to enact tougher animal cruelty laws and inspired a nonprofit to combat cruelty to animals has been diagnosed with cancer. Susie’s owner Donna Smith Lawrence said the face of Susie’s Hope and 2014 American Humane Hero Dog of The Year has bone cancer.

The Nudge: Ethically Dubious and IneffectiveMore and more people in the US will be wising up to their government’s use of behavioural science – or ‘nudging’ – as a means of increasing compliance with Covid-19 restrictions. These psychological techniques exploit the fact that human beings are almost always on ‘automatic pilot,’ habitually making moment-by-moment decisions without rational thought or conscious reflection. The use of behavioural science in this way represents a radical departure from the traditional methods – legislation, information provision, rational argument – used by governments to influence the behaviour of their citizens. But why expend all that time...

The taxpayer-funded, left-wing National Public Radio (NPR) suggested that if the United States lifted sanctions on Iran’s oil operations, it could help lessen the cost of energy for U.S. consumers. “So energy prices were already high before the Russian invasion. Have they gotten worse since?” Weekend Edition All Things Considered Host Michel Martin asked a reporter. The reporter answered. “Oil prices spiked initially. They went above $100 a barrel very quickly for the first time since 2014, then they calmed back down. They settled at about $98 on Friday. Trading paused for the weekend, and it’s just starting again in...

VIDEOMark down March 1, 2022 as the day of the Great Prophecy handed down to us mere mortals by the political "genius" that is Robby Soave. A Romney landslide in 2024 if only, IF ONLY, those Republicans were enlightened enough to appreciate the wisdom of the Great Prophet of "The Hill Rising."In reality, Robby Soaves are rather common in the media. They are the ones who are reliably anti-Trump yet have enough of a conservative (or libertarian) cred that it could be claimed they are providing alternative viewpoints. Yes, the liberal media welcomes an airing of other views as long...

The operator of the Russia-led gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2 said on Tuesday it had to terminate contracts with employees because of U.S. sanctions. -snip- "Following the recent geopolitical developments leading to the imposition of U.S. sanctions on Nord Stream 2 AG, the company had to terminate contracts with employees. We very much regret this development," it said in an emailed statement.

The Swiss-based company which built the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany is considering filing for insolvency, two sources familiar with the situation said, as it attempts to settle claims ahead of a U.S. sanction deadline for other entities to stop dealings with it. The United States sanctioned Nord Stream 2 AG last week after Russia recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine prior to its invasion of the country, which has prompted a wave of economic sanctions by the West. Nord Stream 2 AG, which is registered in Switzerland and owned by Russian state-owned gas giant...

Nearly $9 million in Zuckerberg grant funds directed solely to five Democratic strongholds in Wisconsin violated the state’s election code’s prohibition on bribery. That conclusion represents but one of the many troubling findings detailed in the report submitted today by a state-appointed special counsel to the Wisconsin Assembly. Last August, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos authorized the Office of Special Counsel, headed by retired state Supreme Court justice Michael Gableman, to investigate concerns about election integrity and the 2020 election. Gableman delivered an interim report to the state assembly on November 10, 2021. Earlier today, the special counsel provided a...

Right about the time the world was hoping to rise out of a semiconductor crisis, we’re learning that the conflict in Ukraine could plunge the world further back into a chip shortage. Little known companies like Ukraine’s Cryoin play large roles in the global production of semiconductors, Wired noted this week. Cryoin, for example, makes the neon gas used to power lasers that make patterns on chips. It supplies to the U.S., Europe, Japan, Korea, China, and Taiwan – and the ripple effects of disruption in its supply “can be felt around the world,” the report says. Business development director...

Alaska Cruises at Risk Due to Canada Requirements Canada has released its requirements for cruise ship visits, which include stricter vaccination requirements than the CDC. Can you still sail to Alaska in 2022? By With the start of the Alaska cruise season just two months away, Canada has released its requirements for cruise ship visits. The requirements are stricter than those from the U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), and make it unlikely that cruise ships will be able to visit Canadian ports. This could also put all Alaska sailings at risk. Canadian Cruise Ship Guidelines Released Cruise...

About 2600 years ago, the Hebrew prophet named Ezekiel issued a biblical prophecy that is going to find fulfillment in the "latter days." The prophet writes: "You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me, when I am hallowed in you, O Gog, before their eyes." (Ezekiel 38:16) The "you" in this verse is commonly taught to represent whoever the president of Russia is going to be in the biblical "latter days."...

VIDEO AT LINK.................. Drone Hits Fuel Train Deep Behind Russian Lines Video shows a compilation of Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 drone strikes against Russian military targets, and among the clips is a strike against a fuel train behind Russian lines. On Feb. 27, 2022, open source intelligence channels noticed a hot spot on satellite imagery indicating a train’s fuel cars had exploded or burned up on the Crimean peninsula, deep into Russian-held territory. It’s not confirmed that this is the strike shown in the video. Regardless of the exact location, this strike points to an obvious air defense capability gap within...

The United States and its allies continue to ramp up the economic pressure on Russia following the country's decision to invade Ukraine. Here is a FOX Business roundup of actions taken against Russia thus far.

A new climate report released this week by a global panel of scientists warned that the evidence of human-caused climate change is continuing to mount and that the planet is inching closer to irreversible damage should nothing be done to mitigate the warming of Earth's climate. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which comprises 270 scientists from 67 countries, released a report on Monday, Feb. 28, addressing the impacts of climate change on ecosystems and human communities at global and regional levels, called "Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability." AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson, who closely monitors...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A U.S. Senate candidate for Missouri says she has no plans to delete a transphobic tweet that violated Twitter’s rules against hateful conduct, even after the social media platform said she won’t be able to tweet, retweet, follow or like posts until she does. Twitter suspended [Republican] Vicky Hartzler ’s personal account on Monday. Hartzler’s tweet, posted in mid-February, said: “Women’s sports are for women, not men pretending to be women,” and included her TV ad targeting transgender people in sports and particularly University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas. A statement from Hartzler’s campaign called the...

BRUSSELS, April 19 (Reuters) - More than 100,000 Russian troops have massed on Ukraine's border and in annexed Crimea, the office of the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell said after EU foreign ministers were briefed by Ukraine's foreign minister.

The sound of a helicopter overhead at the Freedom Camp in Wellington, New Zealand as police, protesters and the mainstream media mass in and around the barricades. As daylight Wednesday approaches police vans carrying reinforcements have been seen in the city. Plenty of rumours the suggestion that tear gas is about to be used. Sirens are being heard everywhere. The New Zealand Herald reports large groups of police in the hundreds marching in the streets..,.

Cancel Culture can come for anyone, at any time. Whether it’s me, school parents in Virginia, protesting truckers, or media personalities, it will eventually come after everyone who does not believe in the ideology of the Left. They will continue to attack all of us if we don’t stop it. Even those with large and loyal audiences are not immune – Joe Rogan can attest to that. When it comes for you, there are a number of things you can do – and some that you should definitely avoid doing – to protect yourself before it destroys you personally or...

Evidence is mounting that seemingly innocuous viral infections can in some cases cascade into a range of more serious diseases. In a new study in mice, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have uncovered a mechanism by which a common childhood virus could play a role in autoimmune diseases down the track. Viral infections are extremely common throughout our lives, with most resolving without serious issue. But recent research is increasingly showing that many of these apparently benign infections could possibly, in combination with other genetic and environmental factors, trigger diseases like Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, and several types of...